Poster 2

Michala Gradner

Southern Methodist University/Texas State University

Title: Analyzing Dallas County Eviction Data

Abstract: Evictions in general have paralyzing effects on populations regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, and several other factors. Our goal is to understand the impact of evictions on children in Dallas County using methods often utilized for Data Science. Data mining and data visualization in python was used to better visualize the effects of judgment amounts in areas largely populated by children. RStudio was also utilized to create a scatterplot that better-illustrated areas which may be in need of greater interventions. Finally, ArcGIS was utilized to further our understanding of certain populations which may be at the greatest risk of negative impacts made by evictions.